All posts in Rabbi Alexander Lazarus-Klein
Joining the Conversation
In the Spring of 1861, on the eve of the Civil War, Isaac Mayer Wise, the patriarch of Reform
Cultural Appropriation
As a proud and flag bearing “Alex,” I know there are many things Jews borrowed from the Ancient Greeks.
From a Distance We Are One
Looking at the pictures of people protesting throughout the world – from LA to New York, Paris to Melbourne –
Uplifting One Another in Difficult Times
This week’s Torah portion, begins with an unspoken challenge: “how do we lift up the faces of one another?”
Putting Kavod Back into Covid
To turn a phrase our wonderful educational director, Einav Symons, used at our closing ceremony for religious school: “we
Getting a True Count of Community
When it comes to synagogue communities there is an easy way to count and a hard way. The easy
Lessons Learned in Leviticus
This week’s double portion, Behar-Bechukotai, marks the end of the Book of Leviticus, a book that has been with us
Finding Holiness in Unholy Times
A picture in the Buffalo News this week perfectly captured the sadness of this time and its impact on familial
Living In the Domain of After
In thinking of this week’s double Torah Portion, Acherei Mot, the opening paragraph of Dr. Sharon Cramer’s excellent April 16th
The Torah Portions We Have Been Waiting For
This is the double portion, rabbis always try to avoid. One colleague in particular, would plan to conveniently be